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A comment on Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech (2019). Parent comment
The modern equivalent of the telephone network is the internet, specifically the cables, routers and switches that allow us to communicate.
The owners of said equipment are not liable if child pornography is send through their wires.
That is not a problem, we don’t close roads because child pornographers use them.
But the end point is a totally different matter.
But to the point: moderating the (tone of) the discussion, is essential for a good discussion. You can’t have the trolls interfering.
I think moderation and thus limiting free speech somewhat is actual fundamental essential for a good debate or discussion.
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The modern equivalent of the telephone network is the internet, specifically the cables, routers and switches that allow us to communicate.
The owners of said equipment are not liable if child pornography is send through their wires.
That is not a problem, we don’t close roads because child pornographers use them.
But the end point is a totally different matter.
But to the point: moderating the (tone of) the discussion, is essential for a good discussion. You can’t have the trolls interfering.
I think moderation and thus limiting free speech somewhat is actual fundamental essential for a good debate or discussion.